Inflammatory Endometrial Response to Two Different Uterine Lavage Solutions in Donor Mares

Embryo transfer has become a commonly applied technique in equine reproduction. Although it is expected that embryo lavage solutions elicit an acute, but transient inflammatory uterine response in the mare, we hypothesized that different solutions may have a different inflammatory effect. The objective was to compare the acute inflammatory response of healthy mares after embryo collection using two commonly used lavage solutions (A= lactated Ringer’s; B= EquiPRO®; Minitube of America, Ingersoll, ON, Canada). [...]